Cottage or Castle, What's Your Dream?

Fabulous Friday Fabulous Friday; November 30; Announcement Day! I am ready to announce the new direction Catherine Cornelia Real Estate will take - I am going to specialize in real estate photography. For those agents that want to “take their own pictures” I am offering classes. They will be affo...

Multi-tasking - It’s Not The Best Use of Your Time We have been led to believe there is virtue in multi-tasking and that women are much better at it than men. The truth of the matter is multi-tasking shifts your focus. Instead of concentrating on one thing and getting it done, you are pulled in m...

Interlaken Gardens Whitehall Road, Eastchester, NY Here is the first post in the series The Street Where You Live. I am starting with the streets in Interlaken Gardens, a beautiful garden style cooperative apartment complex located in Eastchester, NY just 30 minutes from Grand Central Station.  ...

This is a wonderful reminder about seniors alone. The focus is on holidays but in the new assisted living facilities, it can be lonely any time. Imagine living in a building where the one thing you have in common is your age and very little else.   My mother lives in a retirement community called...

The question to ask, "is that your final and best price?" is priceless. The hard part is keeping quiet until they answer. In addition to letting them know you are talking with other contractors, impart a 'time is of the essence' factor with them. Letting any contractor believe that you have all t...

Holiday train show New York botanical garden What a wonderful way to celebrate the holidays. This annual event is sure to delight young and old alike. Located in The Bronx, the New York Botanical Garden is easy to reach by car or train making this an ideal adventure for the kid (or the kid at hea...

This is one of the first posts I found dedicated to my favorite course - dessert. Why is it that we are compelled to have pie at Thanksgiving? It is a staple of any dessert menu but I don't know of any other holiday where pie is such a dilema. Just happy they didn't skip pie this year.  Enjoy the...

The Day I Decided My Future Something magical has happened this month. I have been blogging daily here on ActiveRain because of a 30 in 30 Challenge. I admit that I missed my post on Thanksgiving Day, which I posted today in the hopes that it will still count. I have become hooked on blogging aga...

"THINK" is a great way to remember these five key points before saying something you will later regret. There are times a comment is necessary. THINK can help formulate the right comment when necessary because "If you can't say something nice about someone, say nothing at all" doesn't always work...

Rather than reinvent the wheel by posting a blog about shopping local because all these points fit my community in Eastchester, NY and probably your hometown as well. The best way to help the economy is to "shop local."As we prepare for Thanksgiving tomorrow, we are also making our holiday gift l...